Last Squeeze🍊—9.6.2024—Florida Lawmaker Thinks Schools Should Be Built Like 'Military Bases'—Trump Would Appoint Elon Musk to Federal Commission if Elected—Much More...

Last Squeeze🍊—9.6.2024—Florida Lawmaker Thinks Schools Should Be Built Like 'Military Bases'—Trump Would Appoint Elon Musk to Federal Commission if Elected—Much More...

Liv Caputo
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September 7, 2024
Florida's Panic Button Law Sparks Debate on Future School Security: Should They Be 'Built Like Military Bases?' As school shootings, dead students, and murdered educators become sickeningly more commonplace, a dark new trend has emerged to protect the most vulnerable: panic buttons on teachers...READ MORE Sen. Marco Rubio: "Since March, Biden and Kamala Harris have […]
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Florida Crystals Expands Renewable Energy Usage

Florida Crystals Expands Renewable Energy Usage

Jim McCool
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June 1, 2023
Florida Crystals is now utilizing renewable energy to power Florida's only remaining rice mill.  The effort is being driven purely by sunlight via 900 solar panels. Before the investment into almost 1,000 new solar panels, Florida Crystals was already more than 80% powered by renewable energy.  Florida Crystals is now expanding its investment in and […]
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New Study: Rooftop Solar Industry Creates $18.3B in Economic Impact for FL

New Study: Rooftop Solar Industry Creates $18.3B in Economic Impact for FL

Jim McCool
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November 15, 2021
The rooftop solar industry supports sustained economic development throughout Florida and generates $18.3 billion in economic impact, according to a new study issued today by Conservatives for Clean Energy Florida (CCE). The Washington Economics Group produced the study, Comprehensive Economic Development Impacts of the Rooftop Solar Power Industry on the State of Florida. Among its key findings, the study […]
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Controversial energy preemption bill advances in House

Controversial energy preemption bill advances in House

Javier Manjarres
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March 23, 2021
The House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee today approved a controversial energy preemption bill. The bill, HB 919 by Rep. Josie Tomkow, would prohibit local governments across the state from enacting any policy or ordinance that would restrict or ban available energy options.
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Berman and Hardy Advocate for Solar Bill HB 551

Berman and Hardy Advocate for Solar Bill HB 551

Jim McCool
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March 11, 2021
Earlier today, State Senator Lori Berman (D-31) and freshman Rep. Omari Hardy (D-88) announced their joint plan to implement solar energy in a more equitable fashion in the Sunshine State. In the Florida House, Hardy is sponsoring HB 551, also called, "Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational Facility." The bill is […]
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Energy efficiency makes sense for Florida, let’s prioritize it for our families and businesses

Energy efficiency makes sense for Florida, let’s prioritize it for our families and businesses

Opinion
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February 25, 2021
By Doug Coward Typical Florida homeowners and businesses waste large amounts of energy and money each year because of uninsulated windows, inefficient incandescent light bulbs, and particularly outdated air conditioning systems – all of which use far more energy than necessary and needlessly drive up utility bills and greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, energy efficiency upgrades […]
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Net Metering Faces Conflict in Florida

Net Metering Faces Conflict in Florida

Daniel Molina
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September 1, 2020
The sunshine state has made an effort to allow Floridians to make use of solar energy. However, over the weekend, two organizations that support the continued access to home solar power in the sunshine state released a report that signals the threat of utility monopolies that are looking to remove Floridian’s rights to solar use.
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